"…" Money makes the world the boss. Shu Nian was speechless after hearing Ye Yan's words.
"Young Master Ye, the ointment is here." At this moment, the sweet and respectful voice of the nurse came from outside.
Shu Nian breathed a sigh of relief and turned off the water. "I'll go out first."
Ye Yan stared at her back, his eyes darkening. After a while, he followed her out.
The nurse handed the ointment to him and Ye Yan let her go.
At this point, Ye Yan and Shu Nian were the only ones left in the ward. Shu Nian really didn't like this atmosphere. Ye Yan didn't know what was going on. But she was sure it wasn't a good idea.
"Sit down. I'll apply medicine for you." Young Master Ye played with the ointment in his hand and nodded his chin, looking completely condescending.
But Shu Nian didn't appreciate it. "No need to bother. You can't even put on your clothes, how can I bother you with such a small problem?"
"I am happy to do that. What's the matter?" Ye Yan raised his eyebrows and easily pushed her to sit on the sofa. "Hand."
Shu Nian ignored him and didn't move. Ye Yan grabbed her burned hand and Shu Nian instinctively shrank back, but he held her tighter. The back of her hand was burned, and it hurt even more when Ye Yan held it like this. She took a breath of cold air and frowned.
"Does it hurt? I told you to move around. You deserve it!" Ye Yan glanced at her. Although his words were harsh, his hands unconsciously became much lighter, not daring to touch her burned area for fear of hurting her again.
Shu Nian was annoyed, "I haven't seen you for a few years, and you haven't changed at all." You are still as mean as before.
Ye Yan unscrewed the cap of the ointment and squeezed some on his finger. Before taking action, he looked at her and said, "It will be a little painful, is it okay?"
At this moment, he was no longer as fierce as before. When he looked at her, there seemed to be some concern in his eyes. Shu Nian's heartbeat suddenly became inexplicably faster, and he shook his head.
Ye Yan applied medicine to her. Her hands were tense, and so was her whole body, and even her breathing.
She could feel the man's fingers circling on the back of her hand, with a burning heat. The heat made her feel very uncomfortable. She couldn't break free, so she simply turned her face away and pretended to look out the window indifferently.
"Shu Nian." Ye Yan suddenly called her name.
"Hmm?" She came back to her senses and withdrew her gaze from the window.
Ye Yan looked at her seriously, his lips moved, and he asked, "Are you... afraid of men?"
His question was like a wound that pierced her heart. She was sure that Ye Yan must have heard about her scandal that shocked the whole school, so hiding it was just a waste of time.
She pulled back her hand that had been medicated and nodded frankly, "Yeah, I'm afraid of men."
She glanced at Ye Yan again, "Including you. I'm used to keeping my distance from men, so if something like this happens again in the future, I'll do it myself."
Shu Nian stood up and said, "Thank you for the medicine. If there is nothing else, I will leave first."
Ye Yan didn't say anything else. He just looked at her thoughtfully, nodded, and allowed her to go out.
Shu Nian closed the door, leaned against it, and breathed a sigh of relief. He lowered his head to look at his burned hand, and rubbed it slowly with his fingers. There... it seemed that there was still the heat that belonged to Ye Yan... and the numbness of his fingers gently stroking it.
In all these years, this was probably the first man who could touch her besides Xiang Muyang. She thought she would be disgusted, but in fact, the feeling was not as bad as she imagined.
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Ye Yan was quiet the whole afternoon. In fact, before coming here, he had already made up his mind that he would let her feed him even when he had meals. Who told her to get married so early? He was holding back a lot of anger in his heart, and he had to vent it out with her.
However, when he really wanted to press the bell to ask her to serve him, he couldn't press it when he thought of the injury on the back of her hand. In the end, Master Ye did everything himself, so Shu Nian was able to rest for most of the afternoon and save time to study.
At night, when it was time for dinner, the personal escort would bring in the custom-made meals. Ye Yan had already sat on the sofa, waiting for Shu Nian to come in. However, when the door was opened, a strange girl's face came in, pushing an exquisite dining cart.
Ye Yan frowned and looked behind her. Not seeing anyone else, his expression became even uglier.
"Master Ye, your dinner is here." The other party opened the exquisite meal and pushed it in front of him.
Ye Yan had no appetite at all, and glanced at the door again, "Why is it you? Where is Shu Nian?"
"Nurse Shu has left."
"She left?" Ye Yan got angry. "She was my caregiver. Who allowed her to leave without my permission?"
The other party was very afraid of Ye Yan's arrogance and quickly explained, "It's like this. Before Shu left, she had entrusted all the work to me. And... she had something urgent tonight. I saw that her husband took her away, so it must be something serious."
husband…
When Ye Yan heard these two words, he gritted his teeth, chewed for a bit, and then immediately became listless. He threw away his chopsticks and remained silent for a long while.
"Master Ye, you..."
"No appetite, push it away!" Ye Yan was annoyed, pushed the dining cart away, took out his cell phone from his pocket, and dialed Shu Nian's number from the phone book. What kind of service attitude is this? ! As soon as her husband came, she was in a hurry to leave. Is that man so important to her? Get out!
The more Ye Yan thought about it, the angrier he became. However, when he was about to make a call, he finally threw the phone away in embarrassment.
He felt that his temper was a little ridiculous, and his thoughts were even more ridiculous.
He is her husband, it's legal, and they have gone through the formalities. If it doesn't matter to him, who else can matter
Besides, Ye Yan wasn't even her friend. According to her, they were just strangers. What right did he have to care whether she valued women or not? Who was he
Ye Yan threw himself onto the sofa in a somewhat dejected manner, feeling frustrated. He had said two days ago that he didn't care about her, but now she had to be hospitalized for a minor stomach problem, and even went through the procedures for a few days of hospitalization at once.
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When Ye Yan was daydreaming, his cell phone suddenly rang.
He glanced and saw Tang Jifeng's phone number flashing on the screen.
"Hello." He picked up.
"Accompany me to a dinner party tonight."
"Not interested." Ye Yan refused directly.
"You have to go even if you are not interested. Let me tell you, there are several important social events tonight, and I am definitely not able to handle them all by myself." Tang Jifeng said, "I see from your location that you are in our hospital now, right? Come down in two minutes and I will pick you up at the door."
"Shit! You put a tracker on my phone?"
"You are the young master who is always in the sea or in the sky. How can I find you if I don't install a tracker?"
"Get lost!"